Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer
2011-05-17 16:16:29
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver, once the focus of the public opinions and still is, separated after the former first lady of the state learned her husband fathered a child with a longtime member of their household staff, the Los Angeles Times reported early Tuesday.
Cuba rejects US claim over dissident's death
2011-05-17 10:42:27
Cuba on Monday rejected US politicians' claim over the death of a Cuban dissident, saying Washington said so because it is "seeking excuses" to invade the island country.
US makes mistake on visa lottery
2011-05-17 09:06:18
The US State Department on Friday said it mistakenly told more than 22,000 people that they had won a special US visa lottery due to a computer glitch
NASA trims list of sites to land on Mars to 4
2011-05-17 08:01:18
Team in charge of mission will soon suggest best location
US space shuttle Endeavour's final mission
2011-05-16 22:21:59
The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 16, 2011.
US develops aircraft carrier-based drones
2011-05-16 15:21:20
American officials have been tightlipped about where the unmanned armed planes might be used, but a top Navy officer has told The Associated Press that some would likely be deployed in Asia.
US businesses reluctant to open in Mexico
2011-05-16 11:14:37
Dozens of Mattel Inc. employees were on their way to another day of work making Power Wheels in Mexico's industrial heartland...
US apartment fire kills 6, including 3 children
2011-05-16 13:13:03
Some residents jumped from their windows to escape flames as a fire ripped through a suburban Chicago apartment building early Sunday, leaving six dead and a dozen others injured.
NASA ready to launch shuttle Endeavour
2011-05-16 09:26:08
With wounded US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on hand to watch, the space shuttle Endeavour is poised to give the work week a roaring and historic start Monday morning
Louisiana bayou towns brace for flooding impact
2011-05-16 09:36:59
A day after US Army engineers opened a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River, residents of small Louisiana towns braced on Sunday for a surge of water that could leave thousands of homes and farms under as much as 20 feet (6 meters) of water.
Huckabee rules out 2012 White House run
2011-05-16 08:04:12
Republican Mike Huckabee announced on Saturday he would not seek his party's US presidential nomination in 2012
Mississippi River waters head toward homes
2011-05-16 08:04:12
Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in Louisiana
